Short links: Difference between revisions

AniDB supports a number of shortlinks that links to different aspects of the DataBase, they are meant as a convenience for linking to information on AniDB. So for example, instead of having a link that looks like this: http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=animelist&adb.search=Hachimitsu&do.search=search which might not even work correctly if, say, the anime gets a sequel; in which case that link would lead to a search page listing both those animes. What you rather should do instead is link to the actual anime page for the anime. Such a link always contains an '''aid''', or an '''a'''nime '''id'''. For ''Hachimitsu to Clover'' that aid is '''2835''', and the link would look like this: http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=2835. Now, if you use shortlinks the link is even more convenient: http://anidb.info/a2835. Let's review. We have the search-link, the animelink, and the shortlink:

You can use whichever you like, but for convenience, isn't the shortlink easier to use and remember (as long as you remember the aid)?

Now, it isn't only to anime pages that anidb sports shortlinks, most things you can think of also has shortlinks:

 

Some of these aren't very useful for the average user, but the '''a''', '''u''' and '''v''' shortlinks are quite common - the '''a''' shortlink is used almost consistently on this wiki.